This comes after a report on Friday stated that former Sixers assistant John Kuester is the leading candidate to become Brown’s top assistant (see story). Kuester previously served as an assistant with the Sixers under Larry Brown.

Lange, 41, is born and bred in the area. The New Jersey native played high school basketball at Bishop Eustace in Pennsauken Township, N.J., and then went on to play collage basketball at Rowan University.

Lange's coaching career began at Bishop Eustace, where he replaced father Bill Lange, Sr., for a single season. He then served as an assistant coach at Philadelphia University under Herb Magee and at La Salle before taking over the head coaching duties at the United States Merchant Marine Academy (Division III) in 1999.

He stayed for only two seasons and then joined Jay Wright's staff at Villanova.

Lange left Villanova in 2004 when he was hired as the head coach at Navy. Lange coached Navy for seven seasons, posting a 93-113 record during that span.

He rejoined Wright's staff as an associate head coach in 2011.

Brown has assembled a staff of coaches with strong player-development ties in the NBA in Pierce and Iske. Pierce most recently worked for the Memphis Grizzlies; Iske was an assistant coach with the Denver Nuggets.